State v. Brown

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allen, J.:

The defendant was convicted of the crime of statutory rape, and appeals.

In November, 1933, the defendant was tried in the district court of Gove county, Kansas, on an information wherein he was charged in one count with the crime of rape, alleged to have been committed within two years preceding the filing of the information, but specify*526ing no particular date. Upon proper motion of the defendant the state elected to stand on the proof of the crime committed on March 18, 1932. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

Thereafter a new…